Description

TG 12 NE BLICKLING

4/8 The Doric Temple
19-1-52

GV II*

Garden temple. Early/mid C18, probably by Matthew Brettingham senior, with
later alterations by Humphry or John Adey Repton. Gault brick with stone
and stucco dressings, shallow-pitched sheet copper roof. One storey,
rectangular plan. Steps up to portico on west; Doric distyle in antis.
Frieze with triglyphs and decorated metopes below pediment. Semicircular
arched openings to north and south with stone handrail and balustrade. Coved
portico ceiling on cornice, central flat panel with fret decoration to border.
Central doorway, 2-leaf door with six raised and fielded panels, moulded
architrave, pediment on pulvinated frieze. Two blind niches with semicircular
heads flank doorway. Frieze carried around north and south walls as a plain
band. East wall has three tall sashes with glazing bars, divided by brick
Doric pilasters. Frieze of triglyphs and metopes, the metopes decorated with
alternating ringed bulls and scrolled initials with crown. Interior: west
doorway has pedimented surround matching that on the exterior. Moulded chair
rail. In the north wall, a fireplace with eared and scrolled surround.
Elaborate cornice to ceiling. Ref: "Blickling Hall" The National Trust 1985.

Listing NGR: TG1823628530

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553998

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair